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  • Wood Runner-Up Grande Scratched From Kentucky Derby (5/2/2025) - Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) runner-up Grande has been scratched from the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1). The Todd Pletcher-trained colt did not train May 2 and has been dealing with a cracked heel, according to his owner, Mike Repole of Repole Stable.
  • Tenno Sho (Spring) Will Test Japan's Younger Stayers (5/2/2025) - With last year’s winner out, two veteran stayers face some up-and-coming 4-year-olds in the May 4 Tenno Sho (Spring) (G1) at Kyoto Racecourse.
  • Moger Saddles 2,000th Winner at Churchill Downs (5/2/2025) - California-based trainer Ed Moger Jr. won his 2,000th race May 1 at Churchill Downs when Paynt Ya Later won an allowance optional claiming race by three-quarters of a length at Churchill Downs.
  • Baeza Connections Ready for KY Derby After Waiting Game (5/2/2025) - After playing the waiting game, connections of Baeza are relieved that the colt managed to draw in off the also-eligible list and run in the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs May 3.
  • Fair Weather Greets Oaks Day Crowd, Rain Possible Later (5/2/2025) - With thunderstorms possible after 5 pm, pleasant temperatures greeted the Kentucky Oaks (G1) day crowd arriving the morning of May 2 at Churchill Downs. As the field went to post for the first race, the main track was listed as fast with firm turf. 
  • Prospective Pinhooks: Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2YOs (5/2/2025) - Sale histories for horses in the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale being held May 19-20 at Timonium, Md.
  • Magic Millions Unveils Gold Coast Yearling Sale Catalog (5/2/2025) - Magic Millions have released the catalog for their 2025 Gold Coast National Yearling Sale. This year’s line-up features 418 lots (plus supplementaries) by a spread of 119 individual sires—19 of them with members of their first Australian crop.
  • Journalism May Need to Deliver Over Wet Track in Derby (5/2/2025) - Journalism can write his way into horse racing history should he prove victorious at Churchill Downs in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1), becoming one of 151 winners of the historic race.
  • Raging Sea Storms to Victory in La Troienne (5/2/2025) - Alpha Delta Stables’ Raging Sea, a 5-year-old daughter of Curlin, held off determined runs by longshot Taxed and Randomized to win the May 2 La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs.
  • Nitrogen Asserts Dominance in Edgewood Score (5/2/2025) - Nitrogen left no doubt who the queen of the 3-year-old filly turf division is, rocketing to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $575,000 Edgewood Stakes (G2T) May 2 at Churchill Downs on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) undercard.
  • Fierceness Shatters Track Record in Alysheba Stakes (5/2/2025) - Hours after the disappointment of his Kentucky Derby (G1) entrant Grande being scratched from the May 3 race, owner Mike Repole was in the winner’s circle at Churchill Downs, celebrating a victory in the Alysheba Stakes (G2) from Fierceness. 
  • Charlatan Sires First Winner With Copernium (5/2/2025) - Copernium, trained by Jack Sisterson, won his racing debut by 2 1/4 lengths May 2 at Gulfstream Park.
  • Mystik Dan Seeks to Rebound in Oaklawn's Lake Ouachita (5/2/2025) - Mystik Dan tries to become the man again, this time on the first Saturday in May at Oaklawn when he seeks his first victory since the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) in the Lake Ouachita Stakes for older horses at 1 1/16 miles.
  • Desert Flower, Lake Victoria Face Off in Guineas (5/2/2025) - The clash between Desert Flower and Lake Victoria is on after both star fillies were declared to run in the May 4 One Thousand Guineas (G1) at Newmarket Racecourse.
  • Dicey Mo Chara Lines Up for Fourth Whittingham Attempt (5/2/2025) - It just wouldn’t be the Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T) without Dicey Mo Chara. On May 3, the gelding trained by Leonard Powell will be making his fourth consecutive appearance in the 1 1/4-mile turf event for older horses at Santa Anita Park.
  • Look Forward Earns Emotional Victory in Eight Belles (5/2/2025) - As the race was moved up to avoid incoming storms, Look Forward was unfazed and provided an emotional win for her connections in the $579,660 Eight Belles Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs May 2.
  • Bellezza Scores First Graded Win in Sheepshead Bay (5/2/2025) - The Moyglare Stud Farm homebred made her first start in the United States a winning one at Aqueduct Racetrack May 2 in the Sheepshead Bay Stakes (G3T) for older fillies and mares.
  • Good Cheer Stays Undefeated With Kentucky Oaks Win (5/2/2025) - Godolphin homebred Good Cheer remains undefeated in seven starts after winning the $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) by three lengths. She is the third Oaks winner sired by Darley America’s stallion Medaglia d’Oro.
  • For Shirreffs and Baeza, Waiting Was the Hardest Part (5/2/2025) - On Racing
  • She Feels Pretty Romps in Modesty Stakes (5/2/2025) - A pair of Matt Winn Turf Course records marked two grade 3 events on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) undercard May 2 at Churchill Downs. She Feels Pretty romped in the Modesty Stakes (G3T), followed by Queen Maxima in the Unbridled Sidney (G3T).
  • Stewart, MyRacehorse Partner on Puca Yearling (5/2/2025) - Ahead of Baeza being Puca’s third consecutive foal to race in the Kentucky Derby (G1), John Stewart announced May 2 that he has partnered with MyRacehorse to sell shares in her Good Magic yearling, a full brother to Mage and Dornoch.
  • Good Cheer Fills Void of Sidelined Barnmate Immersive (5/2/2025) - After Immersive won the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), many thought trainer Brad Cox and Godolphin might have a future Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner in the barn.  And now they do—only the Oaks winner isn’t Immersive; it’s Good Cheer.
  • Good Cheer rallies in slop to win Kentucky Oaks (5/2/2025) - Heavily favored Good Cheer surged around the final turn and pulled away from the pack to win the Kentucky Oaks on Friday.
  • Kentucky Derby field at 19 with Grande scratch (5/2/2025) - Grande has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby, reducing the field for Saturday’s 151st edition to 19 horses.
  • Sarawak Rim Earns BC Distaff Berth in Criadores (5/2/2025) - Making a determined bid inside the final furlong, Los Melli’s Sarawak Rim wore down the favored Martana to win the 1 1/4-mile Gran Premio Criadores (G1) on dirt at Hipodromo de Palermo May 1 in Buenos Aires.
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